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RE: ah there lies the issue

Well, Mozart wanted to be loved for his talent. Can you blame him? His father famously wept when he played the second violin part in a string quartet without ever having played the violin. Think about what it means to have such a talent as a child, and to be exhibited and fawned over as a result. I'm just grateful that he had that talent, and that in his tragically brief life he wrote so many great works. I think it would be a poor world indeed if no one were a better musician than I am, or brain surgeon or bricklayer!

And don't forget too that according to contemporary accounts, he studied and practiced very hard to accomplish what he did -- without that, mere talent goes nowhere. The notion that he created music without thought and revision, as if by magic, was partly marketing on his part, and partly fabrication by others.


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